James Fredrick Dunn

Jim Dunn, minister emeritus of Dunbeth, died peacefully in the Wishaw General Hospital on Saturday the 12^th January 2002 after a short illness.

Jim was ordained and inducted to Gartcosh Parish Church in 1959 and there began his long ministry in the Church of Scotland.

Prior to his ordination he served in the Royal Artillery in the Middle East and then worked in the Inland Revenue.

He served as assistant in High Carntyne were he developed a friendship with James Martin the minister, now Dr Martin, who spoke warmly of Jim at the funeral service yesterday at Daldowie.

From Gartcosh Jim was called to Dumbarton High, a congregation which became part of a triple union forming Dumbarton Riverside. It was from there that Jim and Nan Dunn were called to Dunbeth in 1977 for what was to be his last charge, ending with the union which formed St Andrew’s.

As his successor I am aware of the regard that the former members of Dunbeth had for both Jim and Nan. He was a faithful pastor who touched many lives and whose passing has brought sadness to many.

He was a man who loved literature and scholarship, a man whose ability was put to use by Hamilton Presbytery as it had by Dumbarton Presbytery. Jim served as Moderator in both of these Presbyteries. In retirement Jim still served the church as a preacher and as a locum. He visited the elderly and housebound in Hamilton Old until April of last year.

Above all he was a family man whose devotion to his family was an extremely important part of life.

Today we remember Jim as minister, the immense attendance at Daldowie yesterday bearing testimony to the esteem in which he was held by his colleagues, former congregations, and friends.

Today we give thanks for a life of faith and for a life of service to Christ and his church, and our prayers are for Nan and his family